The first principle of the Ordinariate is then about Christian unity. St. Basil the Great, the Church’s greatest ecumenist, literally expended his life on the work of building bridges between orthodox brethren who shared a common faith, but who had become separated from one another in a Church badly fragmented by heresy and controversy. He taught that the work of Christian unity requires deliberate and ceaseless effort...St. Basil often talked with yearning about the archaia agape, the ancient love of the apostolic community, so rarely seen in the Church of his day. This love, he taught, is a visible sign that the Holy Spirit is indeed present and active, and it is absolutely essential for the health of the Church.

- Msgr. Jeffrey Steenson, Homily on the Occasion of his Formal Institution as Ordinary
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Monday, October 8, 2012

Members of St. Edmund of Canterbury in Fredericksburg, VA received into full communion

Fr. Scott Hurd reports about yesterday's reception on Facebook:
Five wonderful people from the former Saint Edmund of Canterbury Anglican mission in Fredericksburg, VA, were confirmed or received into the Ordinariate at St. Luke's, Bladensburg.
The St. Edmund's web site is not working this morning, perhaps in the middle of an update. I'll share any information I receive on this as it comes in.

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